Sorry, that functionality does not exist in rsync. It has been suggested several times but nobody has ever tried to implement it.
- Dave Dykstra On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:27:36AM +0100, Nic LAWRENCE wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking to see if some functionality currently exists in rsync. I > couldn't see it in the docs, so thought I'd check here. > > My company is currently using some in-house code to backup core servers to > an archive machine. It's similar to rsync a little cumbersome and we > would like to replace it and take advantage of rsync's range of nifty > features. > > However,.. one feature which our in-house software has, which I need to > replicate somehow with rsync, is that it gzips files on-the-fly when it > writes to the target server based on an include and exclude filemask. ie, > we gzip all files on writing to our archive server from say "web server > a", with the exception of *.gif,*.jpg,*.gz etc. This saves on a *huge* > amount of space on the archive server. > > Does this functionality exist in rsync at the moment, if not would anybody > else find it useful enough to develop it, or can someone suggest a good > alternative. (We're not keen on transparent filesystem compression). > > Thanks in advance, > Nic Lawrence > > -- > Nic LAWRENCE - NOC Engineer - Frontier Internet Services Limited > Tel: 020 7510 4700 Fax: 020 7531 9930 http://www.frontier.net.uk > Statements made are at all times subject to Frontier's Terms and > Conditions of Business, which are available upon request. > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
